PaperMaking from Plants:
Wheat Straw Paper

I was gifted by papermaker Gin Petty with a bag of "chipper" chopped and dried wheat straw. I cooked it in my large stainless steel pot for about 5 hours in washing soda.

I blendered it, and it turned to a nearly invisible water-fine pulp of deep gold that dried to light gold/yellow paper with a bit more texture than the pulp seemed to hold. Lovely, resembles Timothy.

Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

Subclass Commelinidae -

Order Cyperales -

Family Poaceae - Grass family

Genus Triticum L. - wheat

Prolific and diligent Gin Petty: read her journal on her efforts and accomplishments here: http://www.ginpetty.com







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